I've been trying to find english translations of light novels. The only ones I could ever find were Vampire Hunter D(which get sold at major booksellers), but nothing else. I know there are fan-translations online, but I want my own physical copies of the books. Does anyone know of any retailers that will ship them? Thanks in advance.

Problem over here is that not many light novels get translated and published even if they are EXTREMELY mainstream (Ex: Sword Art Online) . Another problem here, the mangas are coming out too slow. Most of the ones that do come out are already animated. In Japan and Korea, where either manga or light novels are ahead of the anime, the sales are really good because people want to know what will happen. Over here, the only reason to buy manga is to collect them. Bookstores here only have like 1 shelf for manga and they only have like 2 of each volumes, which means not that many people actually buy them. No book costs over $10 in Japan and Korea. (Unless they are limited edition with special attachments) Over here, no book costs under $10. And they don't even have those limited editions. That's why I decided to order them from Korea.

The Japanese Kinokuniya Bookstore chain has a English section and a handful of US branches. Here is the website. www.kinokuniya.com/us They carry both translated and untranslated Manga and LNs and they are generally cheaper than Amazon JP by a fair margin once you factor in shipping. They also do free US shipping on orders over $50.

The Japanese Kinokuniya Bookstore chain has a English section and a handful of US branches. Here is the website. www.kinokuniya.com/us They carry both translated and untranslated Manga and LNs and they are generally cheaper than Amazon JP by a fair margin once you factor in shipping. They also do free US shipping on orders over $50.

The Japanese Kinokuniya Bookstore chain has a English section and a handful of US branches. Here is the website. www.kinokuniya.com/us They carry both translated and untranslated Manga and LNs and they are generally cheaper than Amazon JP by a fair margin once you factor in shipping. They also do free US shipping on orders over $50.

Thanks for this info!

No problem, I just kind of stumbled upon them myself. They need to do a better job of putting themselves out there.